The Avengers

Finally getting around to adding my two cents (with inflation must be at least three cents) concerning the mega hit movie "The Avengers".  Why does my opinion matter?  It does only in so far as I'm a self proclaimed comic book geek and have forty some years of living with the subject matter.  I've always been more of a Marvel guy and a superhero team consisting of all the great Marvel super heroes was just too good to pass up (especially any book drawn by the great George Perez).

Anyhoo,... the movie is picture perfect.  Thank God for director Joss Wedon (another self proclaimed comic book geek).  He hits all the great points from action to comedy.  The comedy sections are what makes the movie for me.  Sure, the action and effects are incredible, but the light hearted moments that get a roar of laughter from the crowd really lift the movie up past your usual summer effects movie.  Love the cast too.  So cool to see the characters from their stand-alone movies come together here.  Never thought I'd see it, but it sure has paid off.

Couple things I didn't think were quite there.  Not a fan of Captain America's costume this time around.  Really liked the Bryan Hitch inspired costume from Cap's solo movie last year.  That one was more of a soldier uniform and looked bad ass.  The updated costume for the Avengers just looks kind of goofy.  I'm not sure what they could have done to make it look less so, but maybe more towards a modern soldier uniform with the Cap elements added in.  Tough nut to crack.
Also would have been cool to have Antman and Wasp in there as they are founding members, but they may be too fringe for your average moviegoer (although, I understand an "Antman" movie is in the works, so maybe the inevitable sequel).

I'm glad I got to spout some nerd opinion before this thing went to BluRay/DVD.  So there you have it.

When is APPLE going to make nice with ADOBE?  Many have been waiting years for their IOS devices (iPhones, iPads, and other iDoohickeys) to run Flash.  In re-doing my website, I was hesitant to put any Flash animation stuff up, as a large majority of of users are using their iPads and such to view the web.  My last site was completely Flash based, so pretty much unusable to any IOS users.  Hense the re-do.

Well,... I put up a small Flash animation this week (an animated Flash banner for my "PROBERZ" webcomic I do with my talented friend Clayton) and I realize it won't be viewable by some of the people that visit this website.  Makes no sense.  I don't see Flash going away, and not being able to access it limits your hardware.  Why can't APPLE and ADOBE find a middle ground?

I'll be the first to admit, I don't know the intimate details of the roadblock, but I know there has been rumours that the iDevices would run Flash at some point,..... but I've been hearing that for years now.  Which is a bummer.  So for now, .... if you have any interest in seeing the silly fun animated PROBERZ guys walking in front of their logo, GO SIT AT YOUR COMPUTER.  Not always that convenient.

Ideally, I'd like to create animated Flash banners for each page, but not gonna do it with the current lack of Flash support. <Steps down from soapbox>